Strong quake hits China

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People gather to take shelter outside buildings in Chongqing, southwest China's Sihchuan province, as a shallow earthquake struck close to the city of Ya'an on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau just after 8:00 am (0000 GMT), setting off landslides, destroying buildings and triggering a major rescue operation on April 20, 2013. 72 people were killed when the earthquake struck China's southwestern Sichuan province on April 20, local officials said, five years after a massive quake devastated the region.

People gather to take shelter outside buildings in Chongqing, southwest China's Sihchuan province, as a shallow earthquake struck close to the city of Ya'an on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau just after 8:00 am (0000 GMT), setting off landslides, destroying buildings and triggering a major rescue operation on April 20, 2013. 72 people were killed when the earthquake struck China's southwestern Sichuan province on April 20, local officials said, five years after a massive quake devastated the region.